BURLINGTON ®

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QUICK GUIDE
FOR TEACHERS
Table of Contents
What is BurlingtonEnglish?
Student’s Zone (SZ) 4
Teacher’s Zone (TZ) 5
Administration Zone (AZ) 5

Getting Started
Activating Your Teacher’s Zone Account 6

Logging In to the Teacher’s Zone 6

Activating Student Accounts 7

Using the Teacher’s Zone

Teacher’s Material 8
Student Progress 9
Student Management 10
Teacher’s Zone Tutorials 11

Teaching with BurlingtonEnglish

BurlingtonEnglish ICL (In-Class Lessons) for Burlington Basics Users 12

Introducing Students to BurlingtonEnglish

Logging In to BurlingtonEnglish 13
Helping Students Navigate BurlingtonEnglish 14
Accessing BurlingtonEnglish from a Mobile Device 15

Key to Main Buttons in BurlingtonEnglish 16

Technical Support 16
What is BurlingtonEnglish?
BurlingtonEnglish is a unique blended English program for adults, offering comprehensive General
English courses together with a wide range of Career Extensions. Each course combines online modules
which can be used anytime and anywhere, with downloadable print materials which can be used for
face-to-face instruction. The online modules and face-to-face materials are carefully blended, providing
both teachers and students with a complete language-learning solution.
In addition, some of the courses are accompanied by BurlingtonEnglish’s unique component – the ICL
(In-Class Lessons). The ICL offers teachers projectable structured interactive material that can be used in
the classroom for presentation and practice.

Student’s Zone (SZ)

The Student’s Zone offers a complete world of English learning. It is accessed from your desktop
through the BurlingtonEnglish icon. A software download, internet connection, and headset are
required. The SZ includes General English and Career Pathways courses. It also includes Career
Extensions and the BE digital library.
Note: Teachers can access the Student’s Zone by logging in with the same username and password
they created when activating their teacher’s account.

BurlingtonEnglish Main Menu

1. Tutorials: Watch the Tutorials to learn the
1
2 basics of how to use the program. They are
located in the upper right-hand corner of the
Main Menu screen.
2. My Portfolio: Students can access their
digital portfolio from the Main Menu.

Course Menu
1. Modules: The courses are divided into
Modules. The number of Modules in a
course may vary.
1 2
2. Situations / Lessons: Modules are divided
into Situations or Lessons.
3. Additional Tools: Additional Tools are
included in each course and provide
information, extra practice, and self-
3 monitoring. These tools can be accessed
from the Course Menu and may include
How to … , Wordlist, Grammar, and
Progress.

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Teacher’s Zone (TZ)
The Teacher’s Zone is accessed from www.BurlingtonEnglish.com. It includes the three sections below.

• Teacher’s Material
This section contains resources for the teacher.
It contains:
• Student worksheets
ore
• Answer keys and m
• Correlations
• Warm-up activities

• Student Progress
This section allows teachers to view their students’
progress as a whole class, or as individuals, in all of
their BurlingtonEnglish courses.
It allows teachers to view:
• Overall progress
ore
• Data as graphs and m
• Competency reports

• Student Management
This section enables teachers to manage their entire
classes and / or individual students.
It enables teachers to:
• Reset passwords
• Reset languages ore
• Control menu and m
• Control access
• Control translations

Administration Zone (AZ)

This zone is for administrators or others who manage the program for an institution.
It is accessed from www.BurlingtonEnglish.com.

It enables users to:

• Add teachers
ore
• Add classes and m
• Add students
Note: Teachers should know who has AZ access and
who is administering the program at their institution.

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Getting Started
Activating Your Teacher’s Zone Account
To access the Teacher’s Zone, you first need to activate your teacher’s account and create a username
and password. Follow the steps below:
Note: If you already have your username and password, proceed to “Logging In to the Teacher’s
Zone” below.

1  . Go to www.BurlingtonEnglish.com. 1
1
2. Click BE Login. 2
3. Click New User. 3
4. Enter the activation code provided by your
administrator or customer manager, and click
on Next.
Note: Activation codes can only be used once.
2 Please discard after activating your account.
5. Fill in all the personal information required and create
a username and password.
6. Record your username and password below.

My username:

My password:

7. Confirm that all the information is accurate, then

3
click on Next.
8. Log in using your username and password. You are
now ready to explore the Teacher’s Zone.

Logging In to the Teacher’s Zone

To access the Teacher’s Zone, go to www.BurlingtonEnglish.com, log in to Burlington, then click the
Teacher’s Zone tile.

Log In

Username
|

BE Password

Login Log In

New User

Forgot Password?

SSO Login

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Activating Student Accounts
Students self-register via the Student’s Zone
Tell students to go to www.BurlingtonEnglish.com/Start and to follow the instructions to download
and install BurlingtonEnglish to their computers. Then ask students to complete the following steps:

1. L aunch BurlingtonEnglish by double-clicking 2. Click New User? Click here.

the BE icon on the computer’s desktop.

3. Enter the activation code and click Next. 4. Fill in mother tongue (not English),
Note: The activation code is NOT case first name, last name, gender, username
sensitive and can only be used once. and password. Then click Next.

Ask your BurlingtonEnglish administrator

to assign all your students to your class via
the Administration Zone.

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 Using the Teacher’s Zone
See page 6 to view how to log in to the Teacher’s Zone.

Teacher’s Material
The Teacher’s Material offers information and materials necessary for planning and creating successful
blended lessons. These materials can be used in conjunction with the Student’s Zone.

1. Choose a category and then click on the 2. Click on the title of the Module and
course you want to select. Situation / Lesson you want.

Worksheets appear at the top

Answer keys and other

resources appear at the
bottom
Print or download buttons

3. To see the title of each resource, hover your mouse over it.
4. Click on the resource to see it in full view.
5. You can print or download from full view OR you can click
the checkbox of each resource and then click PRINT or
DOWNLOAD.

Note:
Teacher’s Material may also include the following sections:
• Preview – for a preview of the content of the Student’s Zone, with answers
• Using the Course – for correlations, program information, and ideas for classroom activities
• Grammar or Language Focus Index – to access Grammar and Language Focus worksheets by topic

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Student Progress
Student Progress allows you to view your students’ progress in many ways. You can view their progress
by skill, identify weaknesses, view individual students’ performances, analyze data, and download or
print reports.
Follow the steps below to view the All Courses Overview or course-specific reports.

The All Courses Overview report offers

views of students’ time on task at school
or away from school.
To run an “All Courses Overview” report:
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1. Select your class or classes.
1 2 2. Select your students.
3. Select All Courses Overview by clicking
on Show.

4. Choose the time period you want.

5. Click on a student’s name to see
the course breakdown.
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6. Click to download or print.
4
7. Click to go back and select a
different report.
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Note:
• You can view students’ progress for Vocabulary Practice by clicking Course Wordlist.
• You can generate reports for specific courses and extensions.
• You can run reports for Group Results, Individual Results, Group Completion, and Competency
Reports.
• You can download or print all the reports.
• To learn more about Student Progress, watch our Teacher’s Zone Tutorials. See page 11 for more
information.

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Student Management
In Student Management, you can manage your classes and your students. If a student’s name appears
in gray, the student’s account has not been activated. To double-check this, click on the student’s
name. If the student has not activated their account, the student’s activation code will be displayed.
Instruct the student to activate their account.

Reset Login: Reset If Reset Username:

students’ usernames or
passwords
1 1. Click Reset Login.
2. Select a student.
2
3 3. Click Reset Username
or Reset Password.
Enter the new username and click Save.
If Reset Password:
1. Click Yes.
2. A temporary password will be issued.
Write it down and give to the student.
The student will be prompted to enter
a new password when logging in with
the temporary password.

Control Menu: Control

which course(s) appear on
students’ menus
Before
1 1. Click Control Menu.
2. Select one or more
students.
2
3. Select the courses you
3
would like to appear on
4 the students’ menus.
4. Click OK.
After

Control Access: Control

students’ access to
Modules
Before
1 1. Click Control Access.
2. Select one or more
students.
2
3. Click on a course.
4
3 4. Select one or more
5 7 Modules.
You can also click All and
select all the Modules in After
that course.
5. Click Set Access Date.
6. Choose a date to make
Modules available, and
click Set.
7. Click Close.

Note:
• Using the Control Menu or Control Access function also controls the Vocabulary Practice menu.
• To learn more about Student Management, watch our Teacher’s Zone Tutorials.
See page 11 for more information.
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Teacher’s Zone Tutorials
You can view Tutorials on how to access the Teacher’s Materials, view Student Progress, and use the
Student Management features within BurlingtonEnglish.

There are three ways to access the Teacher’s Zone Tutorials:

Option 1: T
 hrough the website: Go to www.BurlingtonEnglish.com, log in to Burlington,
then click the Tutorials tile.

Log In

BE
Username
|

Password

Login
Log In

New User   Forgot Password?

Option 2: T
 hrough the Teacher’s Zone: When you are logged in to the Teacher’s Zone,
click the Tutorials button on the top right corner of the screen.

Log In

BE
Username
|

Password

Login
Log In

New User   Forgot Password?

Option 3: T
 hrough the Student’s Zone: Click on the desktop icon. When you are logged in to
the Student’s Zone, click the Tutorials button on the top right corner.

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Teaching with BurlingtonEnglish
BurlingtonEnglish ICL (In-Class Lessons) for Burlington Basics Users
The ICL offers teachers projectable structured interactive material that can be used in the classroom
for presentation and practice. These teacher-led lessons are easy to use for face-to-face instruction and
directly reflect the lessons students complete in the Student’s Zone. The ICL strengthens the seamless
blended learning environment BurlingtonEnglish provides.
Burlington Basics is ideal for blended or hybrid learning. This course offers parallel ICL and Student’s
Zone lessons. Follow the directions below to access the ICL.
1. Log in to the Student’s Zone using your
teacher’s username and password.
2. Select Burlington Basics.
3. Choose In-Class Lessons.
4. Click on the lesson you want to teach.
Special Features for Burlington Basics:
• Information buttons ( i ) provide objectives for
the Modules and Lessons.
• ICL lessons parallel the Student’s Zone lessons.

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Introducing Students to BurlingtonEnglish
Logging In to BurlingtonEnglish
After students have been registered in BurlingtonEnglish and have downloaded the program, they can
log in to the Student’s Zone. Tell your students to follow the steps below. (You can model it for them first.)

1. Students double-click the BurlingtonEnglish 2. Students log in using their username and
icon on the computer’s desktop. password.

3. The student is now on the Main Menu Reminder:

and can select a course to begin. To ensure that students enter the correct course
and level, you can set the Control Menu.
See page 10 for directions on how to use
Control Menu.

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Helping Students Navigate BurlingtonEnglish
Tutorials
Refer students to the Tutorials which are available on the Main Menu of the Student’s Zone.
You can watch the Tutorials as a class or you can direct students to watch them on their own.

• The “Watch a Tutorial” button appears on the

top right of the Student’s Zone Main Menu.

Watch the Menu tutorial to learn how to:

• navigate Modules and Situations / Lessons
• use the How To tab to find a specific language
topic when you need it. For example, how to
ask the price of something
• use the Wordlist tab to focus on vocabulary-
building activities
• use the Grammar tab to find a specific
grammar rule
• use the Progress tab to help students monitor
their own progress

Watch the Tools tutorial to learn how to:

• adjust the sound
• get exercise instructions
• turn translations on / off (when available)
• get more help using HelpSpots

Watch the Words / More Words tutorial to

learn how to:
• hear a word or phrase
• record yourself pronouncing the words and
phrases
• hear your own recordings
• place a word or phrase in your Personal
Wordlist

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 Accessing BurlingtonEnglish from a Mobile Device
Vocabulary Practice allows students to get additional practice by using our mobile-friendly component
to listen to words and phrases they are studying in class.
All students’ time spent in Vocabulary Practice will be tracked according to the login option they
choose. Students can view their own progress from within Vocabulary Practice.
To access Vocabulary Practice, go to www.BurlingtonEnglish.com, log in to Burlington, then click the
Vocabulary Practice tile.

Log In

Username
|

BE Password

Login Log In

New User

Forgot Password?

SSO Login

Using Vocabulary Practice

1. Tap the view icon ( ) to 2. Choose a course to enter 3. Tap a situation to view the 4. T ap a word to see it
switch between list view or the Wordlist. vocabulary words in that with its translation and
thumbnail view. situation. example sentence.

5. Tap the play buttons 6. Tap the activities icon ( ) 7. To go back to the previous
to hear the word and to access activities. screen, tap the or x icon
example sentence. at the top left of the screen.

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 Key to Main Buttons in BurlingtonEnglish
HelpSpots Return to Activity Menu (Wordlist Practice)
Volume Pronunciation Score and Playback Bar
Play Check Answers
Record Show (and Hear) Correct Answer
Show Text Print
Hide Text Personal Wordlist
Show One Question Focus Wordlist
Show All Questions Go to Screen (Progress)
Translation Back to Main Menu
Instructions Close Activity
Reset Exercise

Technical Support
When contacting Support, please include the following:
• Your name
• Institution name
• City
• State
• Question / Request

For student issues include: For teacher issues include:

• Student’s name • Teacher’s name
• Username • Username
• Password (if available) • Password (if available)
• Teacher’s name • Issue
• Issue

Contact Support at: 

Email: soportetecnico@burlingtonenglish.com
Tel: +34 91 620 40 03
www.burlingtonenglish.com/app-administrator-teacher-support/
IH-015-651

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